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MINIMUM WAGE: I WILL APPROVE WHAT NIGERIA CAN AFFORD — TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu says he will approve a new minimum wage that the Nigerian government can afford. He stated this on Wednesday at a dinner with the Senate President and Deputy Senate President, among other top government officials to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken Democracy in Abuja. The President, while appreciating those who stood…
PASTOR BAGS LIFE JAIL FOR RAPING MINOR IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced the cleric of a church at Omuo Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Pastor Enoch, to life imprisonment for raping a minor. The victim said to be the daughter of one of the church members, was raped by the pastor…
SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK DEMOCRATIC BILL TO PROTECT IVF NATIONWIDE
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-led bill Thursday to codify broad federal protections for in vitro fertilization in the midst of a growing partisan clash over reproductive rights in the United States. The vote was 48-47, with just two Republicans voting for it: Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. Others in the GOP said…
NEGOTIATE MINIMUM WAGE THAT WON’T LEAD TO MASS SACKS, FG TELLS LABOUR
The Federal Government has urged the labour unions to negotiate a new minimum wage that would not lead to mass retrenchment of workers, or jeopardise the welfare of about 200 million Nigerians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, while speaking at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference…
NCDC WARNS AS CHOLERA SPREADS, CLAIMS 30 LIVES
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted the public to the increasing trend of cholera cases across the country as the rainy season intensifies and the need to be health conscious. According to the agency, between January and the 11th of June 2024, 1,141 suspected cases of cholera have been recorded…
YVONNE JEGEDE BLASTS NEDU OVER COMMENT ON HER APOLOGY TO MAY EDOCHIE
Actress Yvonne Jegede has responded to Nedu’s criticism of her apology to May Edochie. Nedu, a host on the podcast “Honest Bunch,” had implied on social media that Jegede lacked the courage to stand by her original words. Jegede labelled Nedu as toxic and narcissistic, accusing him of taking pleasure in women attacking each other….
NATIONAL ANTHEM CAN’T UNITE A NATION, SHEHU SANI TELLS TINUBU
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said that national anthem alone cannot unite a nation, stressing that it is the ideals of freedom, justice, and equity that bring true unity. He made this statement while speaking at a special dinner organised to mark Democracy Day at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja on Wednesday. He…
FORMER KENTUCKY SERGEANT SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FALLING TO STOP BEATING OF HANDCUFFED INMATE
A former Kentucky corrections sergeant was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for failing to stop the beating of an inmate who was handcuffed and shackled, and then lying to investigators in a cover-up scheme. Following the prison sentence, Eric L. Nantell, 48, will be on two years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s…
JAPA: STAY BACK TO SALVAGE HEALTH SECTOR, SHETTIMA URGES RESIDENT DOCTORS
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has appealed to residents doctors to stay and join hands with President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the ongoing efforts to salvage the nation, particularly the health sector. The spokesperson of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Wednesday, said Shettima, made the appeal when he granted audience to the National Executive…
JUST IN: WRECKAGE OF MISSING MALAWI VP’S PLANE FOUND WITH NO SURVIVOR
Malawian searchers have found the wreckage of a plane that was carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima, a military source said Tuesday, a day after the aircraft went missing in bad weather. The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday after it failed to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due…